Legging spat



March 26, 1929. J. RUBIN LEGGING SPA?.` Fiied Dec. 2a, 192elllllulvlllllllllllllillllhlhh HHH H HIIHH u Patented Mar. 26, 1929..

JACOB RUBIN, or PHILADELPHIA, .PENNsYLvANiA- LEGGING SPT.

Application filed LVDecember 28, 1926. Serial No. 157,457.

My invention is designed to yprovide a neat, attractive, andl easilydonned and doffed covering for the instep, ankle and leg, which willafford the requisite protection when low shoes or slippers and sheerhoisery are worn in cold weather; which snugly and comfortably followsthe contourl of the leg without necessity for lateral openings, lacingsor fastenings; and which is held upin place by its own elasticity and byan integral elastic turnover or band'engaging the portion of the leg ofthe wearer between the bulge of the calf and the knee.

The characteristic features and advantages of my improvement will morefully appear from the following description and the accompanyingdrawings in illustration thereof.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation illustrating my improved deviceon the leg of a wearer; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the deviceremoved from the leg; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the topof the same; Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the bottom of thesame with an edge turned up; and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of thesame.

As illustrated in the drawing, my improved legging-spat is formed byconnecting together the members 1 and 2 by the flat seams 3 and 4; toform a shaped tube, to the top of which is seamed a'turnover or elasticband 5 ser-.med down the back along the liner G.

The members 1 andv 2 are knitted on a. full fashioned knitting machinewith the wales or ribs thereof extending longitudinally so thatsubstantially all of the stretch of the shaped tube formed therefrom iscircmnferential or around thel legV of the wearer. During the knittingof the members 1 and 2 they are so shaped as to form when united aflaring bottom section 7 covering the instep and heel, aconstrictedsection 8 fitting snugly around the ankle, and the expandedsection 9 accommodating the bulge of the calf of the leg. i y

The edges of the bottom section 7 have a strap 10 and buckle 11 fixedthereto, the strap being adapted to pass under the arch of the shoe o rslipper 12 to hold the bottom of the legging-spat in place. The edge ofthe section 7 is provided with a non-elastic binding 13 to preventstretching. The underside of the forward portion of the part 7 has xedto the edges thereof an insertor gore L14 formed of elastically knittedmaterial'having its wales or ribsextending at an angle to` the walesorribs of the party 7 and in a direction substantially parallel with thecenter line ofthe foot and with the lower portion of the seam 3. Thiselastic mem ber 14 tends to keep theinstep covering member 7 in shapeand cause it to adhere snugly to the foot.

The elastically knitted overturned band 5 has its wales or ribsextending longitudinally Aof the leg of the wearer and is so knitted and'shaped as to apply greater constrictive force than the tube formed bythe members 1 and 2, The portion of the overturn 5 remote from itsconnection with the tubular member is of lesser normal circumferencefrom the latter, so that when the part 5'is turned over, it holds theupper part of the legging-spat firmly in position by reason of theconstriction of the band 5 around the smaller portion of the leg of thewearer between the bulge of the calf and the knee.

Havingdescribed my invention, I claim, 1. A legging-spat of elasticmaterial ex'- tending from the instep to a point jabove'v the maximumbulge of the calf of the leg of the wearer and including an elasticmemand an insert connected with said instep covering and comprisingknitted material khaving walesA extending at an angle to the wales ofsaid instep covering.

4. A legging-spat comprising a plurality of elastically knit-tedsections seamed together to form a tubular member having a flaring lowersection'providing an instep covering, a constricted sect-ion above saidlower section forming an ankle covering, an expanded section above saidankle section forming a calfv covering and an overturned sectionconstricting on the leg of the wearer between the calf and knee.

5. A legging-spat comprising a plurality of shaped knitted membersseamedtogether and having; Wales extending longitudinally thereof and forminga tubular member with a Haring lower Section forming anv instepcovering, 'a constricted section forming an ankle covering7 an expandedsection.. forme ing a calf Covering, a constricting band se- -oured tothe top of saidtube,. and an insert secured to the edves of the instepcovering and comprised o' knitted material having Wales extending at anangle to the Wales of `the instep; covering,y

6. A spattee Comprising a etretchable bodymerging into a heel sectionand toe section, arei-enforcing and stiening mein-v ber stitched to thelower edge of the Spattee onA the interior thereof, and a memberStitched to said front lsect-ion and loosely .mooie Hndin.

